Monday, October 9, 2017

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 9, 2017

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Sputnik: Russia, Saudi Arabia Agree on S-400, Other Weapons Deliveries

Russia and Saudi Arabia have agreed on the supply of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as a number of other weapons, including the Kalashnikov AK-103.

Russia and Saudi Arabia reached agreements on the supply of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as Kornet-EM anti-tank missile systems, TOS-1A "Buratino" heavy flame systems, AGS-30 grenade launchers and Kalashnikov AK-103 assault rifles, Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation spokeswoman Maria Vorobyova told Sputnik.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 9, 2017

Contacts with Riyadh over S-400 supplies have good preliminary result — Kremlin -- TASS

Choe Ryong-hae elected to N.K. ruling party's central military commission -- Yonhap News Agency

US and North Korea take their jousting into cyberspace -- Nikkei Asian Review

Pyongyang Preparations? South Detects 'Some Movement From Missile Facilities' -- Sputnik

South Korea Develops 'Blackout Bomb' Technology -- Sputnik

Lawmakers Block Mini-Satellites That Could Spy on North Korea -- Bloomberg

Japanese PM Abe suggests civilian control of military in Constitution clause -- Nikkei Asian Review

China May Outfit 6th Generation Aircraft With New 'All-Seeing' Radar -- Sputnik

Putin Decrees Foreigners In Russian Army Can Fight In Wars Abroad -- RFE

Russia Tests Modified RS-24 Ballistic Missile With an "Experimental Warhead" -- The Warzone/The Drive

Everything You Need to Know: Russia's 'Tactical' Nuclear Weapons -- National Interest

Post-Soviet security bloc begins military exercise in Armenia -- TASS

Reports of UK Job Cuts at BAE 'Plausible' as Typhoon Fighter Jet Orders Dry Up -- Sputnik

US clears THAAD sale to Saudi Arabia -- Defense News

Deadly Ambush in Niger Highlights America’s Growing Mission in Africa -- NBC

Heavy Competition For Light Tank: SAIC & Singapore Vs. BAE, GDLS -- Breaking Defense

The U.S. Army Is Building a New Tank in a Very Sneaky Way -- National Interest

Deadly Force: The US Army's new plan to make its vehicle fleet more lethal -- Defense News

The U.S. Navy is About to Get a New Nuclear Attack Submarine -- Scout Warrior

"Fear the Blackfish." USS Washington creates new traditions as it joins attack submarine fleet -- Virginia Pilot

The U.S. Navy's Damaged Destroyer to Be Repaired in Japan -- National Interest

Now That U.S. Navy Ships Must Broadcast Their Position, People (of Course) Are Tracking Them -- Popular Mechanics

The Marine Corps Is On The Hunt For A More Compact Pistol -- Task & Purpose

Soldier test of anti-missile command system deemed a success -- Defense News

Rocket Bomb: Why the Air Force Wants Rocket Fuel That's Also a Bomb -- National Interest

Thornberry: US needs Space Corps now to counter Russia, China threats -- Defense News

Mattis warns DoD against leaks in new memo -- Military Times

Rep. Thornberry Warns Lack of U.S. Military Readiness is Costing Lives -- USNI News

A hectic pace in the Pacific: III MEF Marines face far-flung missions as Asia threats grow -- Marine Times

Russian Propaganda Targeted US Vets And Service Members Via Social Media -- Task & Purpose

What just happened with Northrop and Marvel Comics? -- Aaron Mehta, Defense News

Navy dolphins to help in fight to save porpoises from extinction -- Kitsap Sun/AP

Group seeks to name Navy ship for Iwo Jima photographer -- ABC News

It's Time For Special Operations To Dump "Unconventional Warfare" -- Doug Livermore, War On The Rocks

US and British nuclear submarine crews should have gotten the Nobel Peace Prize instead of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons -- Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner

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